Example sentences of "cutting down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purpose of such measurements a layer of distinctive sand is put down on the marsh and the amount of accretion after a period of years measured by cutting down to the patch of sand with a tool sharp enough not to disturb the section . |
| 2 | Cutting down on the slush and the philosophy Mann plays almost the whole film as a breathless series of attacks , escapes , sieges , fights , battles , deaths and triumphs . |
| 3 | But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . |
| 4 | I worked the committee hard and fast , and overtime too , cutting down on the lunch break and carrying on late in the afternoon . |
| 5 | It is now compulsory for all firms with more than 25 employees to have a ‘ car journey reduction plan ’ , cutting down on the use of cars to get to work . |
| 6 | We have become busier and more efficient and the productive with each passing decade , and this has meant cutting down on the time spent on more mundane activities . |
| 7 | But they , the Conservatives are cutting down on the health service and everything else and the schools |
| 8 | Insulation is about saving energy , cutting down on the waste of fossil fuels , and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere by burning them . |
| 9 | Instead , try cutting down on the number of exercises , increasing the weight and making sure that you perform 3 sets of at least 8 reps . |
| 10 | Some teaching unions have expressed worries that governors may want to reduce staff costs by cutting down on the number of teachers or allowances , or delaying filling a vacancy , or employing less well qualified staff . |
| 11 | There are only so many ways to describe a pitch and there is very little need to alter descriptions if the existing ones work perfectly well , thus cutting down on the number of major rewrites required . |
| 12 | By the way , your ma will be able to help out at your dairy for a month or two as I 'm cutting down on the number of cows at the manor . |
| 13 | This has the effect of reducing the entropy of the definitions , by cutting down on the randomness with which their constituent words are chosen . |
| 14 | When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action . |
| 15 | Part of the problem is that , because we know we should be cutting down on the amount of sugar we eat , we 're turning more and more to diet drinks , which contain artificial sweeteners like saccharin . |